Official franchise and transition tag numbers

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CORNERBACK: $9.566 million (franchise), $8.056 million (transition)

 

DEFENSIVE END: $12.398m, $10.193m

 

DEFENSIVE TACKLE: $7.003m, $6.353m

 

LINEBACKER: $9.680m, $8.373m

 

OFFENSIVE LINE: $10.731m, $9.142m

 

PUNTER/KICKER: $2.814m, $2.629m

 

QUARTERBACK: $16.405m, $14.546m

 

RUNNING BACK: $8.156m, $7.151m

 

SAFETY: $6.455m, $6.011m

 

TIGHT END: $5.908m, $5.248m

 

WIDE RECEIVER: $9.521m, $8.651m

 

The franchise tag is an average of the top five salaries at a position for the 2009 season. (Or, in the case of "exclusive" franchise tags, the average of the top five salaries as of a TBD date this coming April.) The transition tag is an average of the top 10.